How much land is in Yarra?

There are 28,417 parcels of land in Yarra. But not every piece of land can have housing on it. Of these parcels, 704 are on civic land like schools, hospitals, or train stations where development is challenging. Another 4,827 are in zones that do not development. Finally 1,240 properties have already been developed with more than 1 unit, making re-development difficult.

That leaves 21,646 that are available for development. The size of these lots is 5,203,901 square meters, or 260 MCGs worth of space to build housing.

Heritage Coverage

Out of the 21,646 lots available for development, 16638 are covered under a heritage overlay, restricting the ability to build new housing. In total, heritage covers 76.864086 of the usable lots in Yarra. This is above the Melbourne average of 6.218144.

Land in Yarra`

By number of lots

By total area

Table

Number of properties Area (sqm) Share of properties that are heritage Share of land that is heritage
Already developed
Free from heritage controls 489 514,815 35% 37%
Subject to heritage controls 897 869,721 65% 63%
Civic land
Free from heritage controls 315 2,010,402 44% 31%
Subject to heritage controls 400 4,395,204 56% 69%
Commercial only
Free from heritage controls 2,031 914,359 47% 55%
Subject to heritage controls 2,324 757,116 53% 45%
General residential
Free from heritage controls 3,580 676,451 73% 63%
Subject to heritage controls 1,347 403,779 27% 37%
Industrial
Free from heritage controls 277 244,629 88% 88%
Subject to heritage controls 38 33,765 12% 12%
Mixed use
Free from heritage controls 453 163,803 38% 35%
Subject to heritage controls 754 299,674 62% 65%
Neighbourhood residential
Free from heritage controls 975 277,416 6% 8%
Subject to heritage controls 14,536 3,382,464 94% 92%
Residential Growth
Subject to heritage controls 1 314 100% 100%
Total
Free from heritage controls 8,120 4,801,875 29% 32%
Subject to heritage controls 20,297 10,142,037 71% 68%
Total where new housing can be built
Free from heritage 5,008 1,117,670 23% 21%
Subject to heritage controls 16,638 4,086,231 77% 79%

Lot sizes in Yarra

Larger lots can be easier to develop, but Melbourne has been sucssessful in developing even on small lots

By number of lots

By area

Map

Population and Density

Yarra population has grown with a percentage change of 10.680057 from 2014 until 2019, where all of Melbourne has grown by 7.216777

Yarra has a density of 4940.30836 (pop/sqkm), which is above the melbourne average of 680.12188.

Other ideas

Eligibility for Future Homes

Current v YIMBY Melbourne zoned capacity

We could figure out what current zoned capacity is and then figure out what it would be

Proximity to Public transport

Most inner LGAs have much better public transport and we could show that

Recent development in Yarra

Show how nothing gets built in GRZ.